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Stating the obvious, I am very new to the real estate world other than owning my own home. A 2024 goal for my family and I is to “do” real estate, 19 days into the new year and MANY bigger pockets podcasts listened ...
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Very soon I will be closing on a 12 unit multiplex in the chicago land area. my largest acquisition to date. I will have doubled my units to 25 units in a little over 18 months in the real estate game. Which has me no...
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I may have posted a similar thread around Halloween in years past but only because the paranormal and ghost stories entertain me so much!
So the question must be asked: have any of y'all ever had/have a rental, flip,...
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We are new to real estate investing and are considering the Toledo, OH market. Does anyone know about how long it takes to rent in this market? We are looking at properties in the 43612 zip.
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We were just yesterday looking at some options for home warranty type of services and I think crowd-sourcing this one may help:The provider we were looking at specifically was HomeServe, however there are numerous oth...
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I live in NY, I own a home that I live in, and it has a decent size mortgage as you can imagine. I was looking out of state for rental properties, in a particular area, looking to make contacts to explore the feas...
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Hey BP! So, my wife and I purchased our first investment property in May of 2017 (a 4plex). We comepletely renovated one unit and moved into that one unit. We've increased rents on 2 of the other 3 units and soon ...
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I am about to cold car for multi-family deals. What are some advice or verbiage that would work? The owners are people who have owned it 10+ years. Any help is appreciated!
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I spent a long time looking for an existing thread on this but could not find one. I have been a reader for a long time and this is the first time I have created a thread because every other time I have found one. Her...
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I have $20k, how should I throw that money into real estate to make more than $20k in a short amount of time?